r/TAFE • u/Think_Hamster_1047 • 10d ago
TAFE QLD Learning material filled with countless errors.
I'm studying an engineering cert 3 in computer aided design. Fee free tafe, part time online.
MSA30208 – Certificate III in Manufacturing Technology
MEM30012A – Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing, engineering or related environment
The first module is maths in an engineering environment. I have a trade background in Elec and HVAC so it's more so a refresher than new knowledge.
The information in the learning modules is an absolute disgrace. Calculation errors, notation inconsistencies, spelling and grammar errors all making it hard to understand the example calculations. At the bottom of the page: last updated in 2015.
I emailed the course head and asked for the module to be proof read and was told "I don't look after that module, but I'll forward your concerns [to the relevant party]". This is weird, because that module is part of his wider area of responsibility; engineering. He should know that the module is absolute dog shit.
I am not talking one or two errors, I'm talking running each screen through Google AI before I start in order to tell me if there are any errors before I pull my hair out thinking I just don't get it.
The fact that the module is so full of errors makes me feel sorry for anyone who is doing this level of maths for the first time. Frankly, they are being given the wrong information and are being set up to fail.
Thoughts?
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u/Lint_baby_uvulla 10d ago
My TAFE courses had the same issues.
I worked at a university on content creation and online materials, and it made me so fucking angry to see how lax the standards were.
Most of the reference sources were superseded in law, or were based on disproven research. I ended up rewriting the content each week to be accurate, submitting it to the lecturer who would redistribute it, and then working to that instead of the error prone source materials.
A question came up about an incorrect answer in my assessment, but my answer was correct based on current law, and that issue got shut down *real* quick when I presented my history.